Supply Chain Logistics Assessment Specialist at USAID's Famine Early Warning Systems Network

Position Description
The main activities of the supply chain and logistics assessment specialist will include finalizing a field assessment agenda and methodological approach, reviewing any logistics assessments in the assessment focus country conducted in the past five to ten years, and carry out logistics capacity assessments. In collaboration with a research team made up of Washington-based and regional FEWS NET staff and local consultants, the logistics assessment specialist will also:

• Work with FEWS NET staff to understand USAID information needs and define assessment-specific research questions.
• Review existing guidance and methodologies used to assess broadly defined logistics infrastructure access and capacity (including port, railway, roads, warehouses, waterways, depending on the context)
• Review and analyze all existing secondary data and reports related to infrastructure access and capacity
• Carry out field assessment
• Draft sections of the Market Fundamentals report, with guidance from the Home Office Technical team.
• Provide general support to the team to ensure the successful completion of the Market Fundamentals and market response analysis reports. This may involve making phone calls to set up interviews, data entry, as well as other forms of ad hoc logistics and technical support over the duration of the contract

Minimum Qualifications

• Applicants should hold at least a Master's Degree in Economics or a closely related field and should possess extensive experience in agricultural market analysis and/or food security analysis.
• Applications should have direct work experience with the implementation or research of local and regional procurement, cash, and voucher programming is highly desirable. (USAID Food for Peace, USDA, WFP, etc.)
• Experience conducting external evaluations of food assistance programs is highly desirable.
• Experience with major donor organizations or research institutions involved in food assistance or food security analysis (e.g., USAID, USDA, WFP, IFPRI, universities) is highly preferred.
• Experience facilitating technical workshops and/or focus group interviews.
• Professional proficiency in English and French is required.
• Demonstrated ability to work with international and multidisciplinary team members with minimal supervision.
• Past professional experience in West Africa is highly desirable.